Hi T,
I would agree with Wendy, your results so far are excellent but do not expect to continue to loose 4lbs in a week. – Remember that each lb of fat contains 3500 calories, so people like Dr Fung recommend that on days you completely fast you should expect to discard a maximum of half a lb. However, if you have a history of calorie counting while eating carbs you will hve one damage to your metabolic rate so it could be slower. – In the last year I have discarded less than 10kg, but that has translated to 6 inches discarded from my waist.
I am the main nagger on the forum whenever anyone bemoans about a slow weight loss or stall that the scales are not the best way of monitoring progress. So lets get my usual lecture over with. – Did you know that each ltr of water you drink weighs 1kg. So depending on where you are in your fluid in <> out cycle of the day your weight can fluctuate by 4.4 lbs. Then there is the weight of the contents of your digestive system which depends on what you have eaten. 800 calories of celery weighs a lot more than 800 calories of cheese. Then there is the benefits of getting insulin under control also allowing other hormone systems to work as they should, which includes the growth hormone which triggers our body to maintain strong bones and build muscle after exercise. Obviously strong bones and muscle weighs more. – Anyway time to step off my soap box. 🙂
There were some discussions on the forum a couple of months ago about BSD v Fast800 and where we should be posting because the website hosts seem to have combined the two . One nasty individual with multiple identities on the forum used it as an opportunity to attack some of the long term members. Thankfully the dust has all settled down again. Join in the weekly or monthly thread as you feel, you will find that there are people following all options on both.
It is strange isn’t it breaking away from the eating habit. – It took me a while to realise that when I am thinking about the wording of a difficult letter I need to move. But years of office work where the only way it was socially acceptable to walk when thinking was to walk to the coffee machine or kitchen means I still head to the kettle mindlessly. – I work at home now, I can take the dogs for a walk with a notebook to record ideas or pace around the house if I want, I am no longer trapped at a desk under the watchful eye of a manager who values bums on seats more than progress.
I get the something missing issue, I found it really interesting experimenting with 36 and 42 hour fasts earlier this year. – I hadn’t realised until then that I tended to associate finishing work / having me time / with sitting down in front of the TV with a meal even when I wasn’t hungry. Long soaks in the bath, spending time on a star light evening sat under a favourite tree while the dogs have a run, a good book are all my favourite gotos at present instead of eating in an evening.
It is so interesting how our emotions masquerade as hunger. – Or rather how we have lost our ability to identify hunger. – But it is so liberating.